"Becky sweetie," Ken said, "Don't go out on the deck this week bare-footed, okay? It still needs to be finished." It looks finished," Becky countered....Not that kind of finished," said Ken brightly, "I need to put finishing on it. That means I need to treat the wood to make it smooth and protect it from the rain. But first I need to let the wood breath for a few days."The following weekend didn't look to be fun, at all. He was covered in dust from the sanding and the mask, for the fumes when he. Robbiefollowed in a kind of plodding fugue, chill fingers teasing up and downhis spine. The enormity of his decision struck him with appalling force:there would be no turning back now, no compromises or negotiations. Thebargain had been struck, the contract sealed, and the conditions werebinding. In perpetuity.What had he done?Before he could pursue this line of thought any further, Felicity haltedbefore a changing booth at the very back of the Chapel. Robbie stared atit in dull wonder - he. ”We chatted about this and that for a few more minutes before I rang off just as the girls scampered past me holding hands and laughing.“Just going behind the dune for a pee,” mum shouted so I was very sneaky and followed them round to the back of the dune. They pretended to be shocked when they saw me watching, but somehow I don’t think they were, in fact, they both laughed but made no attempt to hide what they were doing!A couple more men had gathered to watch also, but even that didn’t stop. When David hadtold her about strange lifestyle choices of students, Mary only halfbelieved him until she saw them!After a wild night and a lot of lingering kissing and petting, David andMary got back to his bedsit at 4am! Mary had just experienced the bestnight of her life, and had her eyes opened to life away from Montford.New years day after the excesses of the night before was spentrecovering, until Nancy and her girlfriend asked if they were going tothe pub. It was with more than a little.